Windows 7 admin wierdness

That happens if Opus is running as administrator (i.e. dopus.exe itself was launched elevated, so it's already elevated and cannot switch to admin mode) or if UAC is off.

See this FAQ for things to check to ensure Opus is run normally, and also make sure you do not launch Opus from something else which is elevated (since apps you launch inherit the context of what you launch them from, in general):